ANNUAL REVIEW master Final3a - St Vincent's University Hospital

A new drug kardex was designed, piloted and reviewed and will be introduced across the Hospital shortly.
New guidelines on insulin storage and labelling were introduced, to improve safety and stability of insulin.
The new medication policy is near completion. Pharmacy staff have had input into a wide array of new
hospital policies/ guidelines with medication issues.
Future plans include medication audits (e.g. another antibiotic audit) and further development of the
temperature monitoring system.
I.C.T.
2007 was a busy year for the ICT Department in St Michael’s Hospital. The largest technological
development undertaken in the hospital was the roll out of the Radiology Picture Archiving System commonly
known as RIS/PACs. This system is a major departure from traditional radiology systems and has already
proven to be of immense benefit to both patients and clinicians. Another major development in 2007 was
the implementation of Healthlink online in St Michaels Hospital.
Other projects included the rollout of a digital CCTV security system, the development of the hospital website
and the rollout of the latest software for managing large groups of Windows-based computer systems.
The year also saw the continuous improvement and consolidation of ICT in the hospital. This included
updating the network infrastructure, updating servers and desktops, implementing improvements on ICT
security and maintaining high-speed links to St Vincent’s University Hospital. These ongoing activities
improve critical ICT services, which support the day-to-day activities of the Hospital.
During the year the department bid a temporary farewell to David Hogan, who is currently on sabbatical for
a year. In turn we were very happy to welcome John Ginanne to the team.
Laboratory
This was another busy year in the Pathology department. There were a total of 152,661 samples received
in the laboratory over the year consisting of 1,305,815 individual tests.
There were two retirements during the year. Betty White retired from the Clerical staff and Finan Hayes
retired after 26 years service to the Hospital. Staff resignations during the year included Dr Mary Crowe,
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